Mike Underwood

Nottingham, United Kingdom

I have a passion for dark, twisted TV and film which gets the heart racing, the mind questioning and the soul begging for mercy!

I'm a produced screenwriter (author of the multi-award winning The Soul Trader), former hard news reporter and award-winning communications professional.

My real passion is for screenwriting and my ambition, aspiration and dream is to become a full-time spec screenwriter, crafting original TV and film in the horror / thriller genre. My ideas explore the world of the supernatural, the occult and the darker side of human nature and my work always seeks to trick the audience with a twist and engage them with characters full of heart, warmth and who are rooted in reality.

Accolades

2023: Worn is a quarter-finalist in the ScreenCraft Horror Screenplay Competition / Top 25% Coverfly
2022: Hitched was a finalist in the ScreenCraft Short Film Screenplay Competition / Top 5% Coverfly
2022: Convent was a finalist in The Script Lab Free Screenplay Contest / Top 5% Coverfly
2022: Hitched was a quarter-finalist in the Flimmatic Horror Screenplay Awards / Top 39% Coverfly
2018: The Candle was a Finalist in 13Horror.com Film & Screenplay Contest

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Scripts By Mike

Convent

After escaping the dangers of the city to a countryside sanctuary, a terrified recluse is forced to defend his family after unwittingly freeing a sadistic, blood-thirsty creature beneath his new home.

Feature Horror For sale 109pp

8 readers love this script

Don't Go Back

When three siblings defy their late mother's final wish and return to their childhood home, they awaken the child-like demon she spent her life protecting them from - and now, it's playtime.

Feature Horror, Thriller For sale 80pp

3 readers love this script

Undelivered

A teen nerd suspects his family may be serial killers after receiving horrifying texts on a broken mobile phone from a girl who disappeared 20 years ago. Now he must stop them from killing again.

Feature Crime, Horror, Thriller For sale 105pp

3 readers love this script

Trench

Two war-weary British troops must fight to stay awake in their First World War trench to avoid a mysterious creature which preys on the sleeping.

Short History, Horror For sale 5pp

30 readers love this script

Bridge

After his wife dies in a car crash, a grieving dad buys a gadget which enables him to contact her spirit. But the comforting voice from beyond may not be as angelic as he thinks.

Short Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-Fi For sale 34pp

3 readers love this script

Worn

When two cops search for a missing girl in a long-abandoned school with a macabre history, their rescue mission becomes a fight for survival after they disturb a nest of vicious cannibals.

Feature Crime, Horror, Thriller Under Option 84pp

10 readers love this script

Hitched

With a vicious serial killer on the loose, a travelling salesman picks up a desperate hitch-hiker during a Christmas Eve blizzard. Does one of them know more about the murders than they're letting on?

Short Horror, Thriller Sold 15pp

24 readers love this script

Vintage

After landing an audition for a Victorian period drama, a hapless actress must find the perfect costume. But her search puts her on a deadly collision course with one of history’s most notorious killers.

Short Horror, Thriller Sold 20pp

10 readers love this script

Read Review by Steve Miles

At the End of the Road

After a hit-and-run, a tormented driver is close to suicide when his past, present and future selves turn up to offer him a second chance. But will he take up their offer of redemption?

Short Horror, Mystery Sold 4pp

9 readers love this script

Read Review by Cam Gray